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An old bookshop on a snowy cobbled street at night: a dark green bow window lit gold, full of leather-bound books, a ladder, a reading lamp, an open book on a stand and a small Christmas tree, a ginger cat asleep on a pile of books, a green door with a fanlight and a holly wreath, a robin on the iron railings and a gas lamp
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The Old Bookshop

An old London bookshop on a snowy night, its bow window glowing gold, with a ginger cat asleep among the books.

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Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas, and a good book to curl up with. Your own message goes underneath, in your own words.

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  • The robin on the railings glances left and right, cocks its head and fluffs its feathers.
  • The ginger cat sleeps on in the window, breathing slowly, and now and then an ear twitches.
  • The reading lamp glows softly, the lights on the little tree twinkle in changing patterns and its star shines.
  • Warm light flickers in the bow window, the fanlight and the windows up and down the street, and the gas lamp burns with a small living flame.
  • Now and then the brass knocker and door knob catch the light.
  • Smoke curls from two chimneys and leans with the wind, stars twinkle, with the odd shooting star, and now and then a few birds fly over.
  • Snow falls in three depths and slips from the shop front, the window ledges, the railings and the lamp in soft little heaps; frost glints, and gusts lift loose snow along the street.

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